Emperor and Chancellor Dispute Over Battenberg Tie
Errary April 18 reports semi official accounts show Emperor Frederick plans inviting Prince Alexander of Battenberg but Bismarck opposes. Memorandum prompts resignation threats, though Emperor rejects resignation. Queen Victoria to Berlin April 24 for brief stay, while Moscow Gazette says Bismarck exaggerated the Battenberg incident and Russia focuses westward.
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Prince William
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Prince Alexander
Queen Victoria
London
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Moscow Gazette
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Battenberg
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London House of Commons debates county government bill
In the House of Commons on April 13, Mr. Smith moved to give precedence to the county government bill over private members bills. Mr. Labouchere protested, accusing Smith of hurrying the measure. Smith denied this, stating the bill’s magnitude requires forward movement. The motion carried 243 to 148. Goschen noted consols converted total £4738 million with £85 million remaining, mainly held by trustees, and open to further conversion applications.
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Moscow
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Battenberg
Ennis
London
Labouchere
Land Reform in Roumania Sparks Peasant Insurgency
In Ursiceni peasants rally against the late government with agrarian aims. They demand land grants for laborers and a 10 percent share of farmers profits. Bands terrorize landlords as troops scour districts. ministry partisans blame Bratianu supporters for fomenting unrest.
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Liberal club to push extended debate on local government bill
London April 18 The National Liberal Club resolves to urge government to widen the debate on the local government bill and forms a committee to organize Liberal party opposition. Donntiny April 18 The Gazette reports the privy council will proclaim Louth under the crimes act to suppress the National League. Ennis sees arrests over illegal meeting and police attendance. Berurx April 18 A Prussian Diet bill plans a 34 million mark loan to aid flood sufferers and repair dykes railways. St Peterssure April 18 Comptoir d'Escompte of Paris chief arrives for Russian loan talks, press censors mention no telegrams about negotiations.
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Donntiny
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Louth
National League
Ennis
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M.P
Berurx
St. Peterssure
Comptoir d’Escompte of
Paris
Mississippi floods Lacrosse area as river rises eight inches
The Mississippi River in Lacrosse Wisconsin has risen eight inches since morning, flooding the track on the levee and nearing the 1880 high water mark. Upper country reports indicate tributaries dump large flows, isolating Houston Rushford Hokah and cutting rail service with Green Bay line largely underwater. Logs at risk total about 100 million feet while trains struggle through submerged tracks in the Lacrosse valley.
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Southern Minnesota Railway
Green Bay
Lacrosse Valley
Minister Phelps Arrives Home From England Visit
New York April 18 Minister to England Phelps traveled on the North German Lloyd steamship Aller which arrived today He said his Americas visit would be brief and he would return on June 13 There is no political significance attached to his return home He denied any recall and any offer of the chief justiceship claiming no aspirations in that direction.
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I. S. Wheeler
Framingham
Harvard College
Phelps
New York
Aller
Roscoe Conkling
Europe
Providence
Newport
Aspinwall
England
Providence's New Station Plan For Joint Passenger Terminal
The Providence commission reports a joint passenger station near the old State prison at Smith's Hill with seven through tracks and a 500 foot shed. Freight stations stay largely, but rearangement tied to new highways. overhead crossings and interlocking switches planned. The building houses common waiting rooms, offices, express spaces, and post office room. a park and Cove Basin redesign are proposed.
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Wilson
Weather forecast for New England states and southeast region
Washington weather bulletin dated April 13 notes warmer fair weather for Maine New Hampshire Massachusetts Rhode Island and Connecticut for 24 hours from 7 a m Saturday with later threat of rain and brisk southerly winds veering west. Buell Hill Observatory adds for southeastern New England 24 hours from 12 tonight fair and warmer weather per observer H H Clayton.
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Brewers Start Up Monday Independent Of Union Labor
Boss brewers report 1900 non union applicants already signed for work in New York and Brooklyn. They plan to begin operations Monday independent of the existing employed men. Newark brewers are also locking out their workers to hire new labor.
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Independent in Politics Extolled by James Russell Lowell
In New York on April 13 James Russell Lowell spoke at the Reform Club and Steinway Hall praising independence in politics. He argued for a true statesmanship over factionalism, contrasting empirical politicians with principled independents and citing Burke as a guide to seeing politics beyond party. The address reflected on democracy, learning, and the risks of doctrinaire rule.
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New York
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Henry L. Pierce
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Francis Lynde Stetson
Charles R. Miller
George Haven Putnam
Russell Sturgis
Constant A. Andrews
Edwin L. Godkin
Address on Reading and Public Judgment in an Era of Skepticism
The speaker argues that barring students from forming opinions cripples public discourse and that reliance on inspiration over books is shallow. He notes the value of libraries and learning, cites Lord Bacon on policy, and warns against substituting ungrounded belief for studied understanding.
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Nestor
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Isaiah
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